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(No Model.) W. ROGERS.

SHOE.

No; 293,982. Patented Feb.'19, 1884.

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UNITED STATES WARNER ROGERS, OF CINCINNATI,

PATENT OFFICE.

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WARNER SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,982, dated February 19, 1884.

Application filed April 5, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WARNER ROGERS, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, partly in section, of my improved shoe with double sole. Fig. 2 is a cross vertical section through the forward part of the shoe. Fig. 3 is a side view, partly in section, of my improved shoe having a single sole. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of sole, with the upper side channeled and the feather turned up. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of upper or first sole, with lateral slanting slits.

The object of the present invention is to manufacture shoes without employing permanent inner soles; and it consists in channeling the upper side of the solearound the edge and turning in the feather of the channel, so that the edge of the upper, when turned down on the last and held by a retaining'plate, will rest in the channel thus formed, and after the upper has been stitched to the sole the feather is turned down onto the upper and pasted thereto, thus covering the stitches.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the front portion or vamp; B, the rear portion or quarter. C is the sole, to which the uppers are directly attached. To prepare the sole 0, I first channel the forward part of the upper face, as shown at D, so as to turn up a feather, E. When it is designed to construct a-shoe with double soles, as shown in Fig. 1, a lateral slanting slit, F, is cut into the upper or first sole, 0, so that when the shank or rear upper, B, is turned down, the edge is turned under the sole. The upper passes through the slit F and is turned in, so that the edge thereof rests in the channel D. After the upper is stitched to the sole, the feather E is turned down onto the upper, so as to cover the same and hide the row of stitching, as

shown more fully at G. The feather is pasted down, so that it will remain permanently in position, thereby greatly strengthening the unity-point of the sole and upper, and at the same time making the seam absolutely impervious to water. 7

It will be observed that both the vamp and quarter are by this process turned in and sewed, instead of having the rear portion or quarters only turned in, and that, while in the case of the double sole, the first sole, 0, is slitted and the rear portion stitched to the sole on the outer side, the forward upper is stitched to the sole on the upper or inner side.

During the process of manufacturing there is no insole in the forward part of the shoe, but the insole G, at the rear end, is stitched to the upper and sole C by the stitch ng H. When the stitching is completed, the insole I is placed in and pasted thereto.

What I claim as new is 1. A shoe having the upper on the forward part of the shoe turned in and stitched upon the upper face of the sole, and the upper of the'rear end of the shoe turned under and stitched upon the under side of the sole, in combination with the upper sole having midway between the ends, on both sides, slanting transverse slits, substantially as described.

2. In a shoe, the combination of a sole having a channel cut on its upper surface inside of and near its edge, providing a feather or leaf, with the upper having its front edge portion turned in and resting in and stitched in said channel, and having said feather or leaf turned down upon and pasted over the edge of the upper and line of stitching, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th .day of March, 1883, in presence of two witnesses.

WARNER ROGERS.

Witnesses:

C. D. ZERBE, E. M. GARRISON. 

